THE BEST Sights and Attractions in Stockholm

🏛️ Sights and Attractions in Stockholm

• Gamla Stan — , until 1980 officially Staden mellan broarna, is the old town of Stockholm, Sweden. Gamla Stan consists primarily of the island Stadsholmen. Gamla Stan includes the surrounding islets Riddarholmen, Helgeandsholmen and Strömsborg. It has a population of approximately 3,
• Vasa Museum — The Vasa Museum is a maritime museum in Stockholm, Sweden. Located on the island of Djurgården, the museum displays the only almost fully intact 17th-century ship that has ever been salvaged, the 64-gun warship Vasa that sank on her maiden voyage in 1628. The Vasa Museum opened in 1990. Together with other museums such as the Stockholm Maritime Museum, it belongs to the Swedish National Maritime-, Transport-, and Military Museums.
• Royal Palace — The Royal Palace (Kungliga slottet) in Stockholm's Gamla Stan is the official residence of the Swedish monarch, with 1,430 rooms, the Royal Apartments, the Treasury, the Royal Armory, and the changing of the guard daily.
• Stockholm City Hall — Stockholm City Hall (Stadshuset), completed in 1923, is one of Sweden's foremost examples of National Romantic architecture. Its Blue Hall hosts the Nobel Prize banquet each December, and the Golden Hall features 18 million gold mosaic tiles.
• Skansen — is the oldest open-air museum and zoo in Sweden located on the island Djurgården in Stockholm, Sweden. It was opened on 11 October 1891 by Artur Hazelius (1833–1901) to show the way of life in the different parts of Sweden before the industrial era.
• ABBA The Museum — ABBA The Museum is a Swedish interactive exhibition about the pop band ABBA that opened in Stockholm, Sweden in May 2013. ABBA's collected works are showcased in a contemporary, interactive setting at Djurgården, Stockholm.
• Drottningholm Palace — Drottningholm Palace, or Drottningholm, one of Sweden's royal palaces, situated near Sweden's capital Stockholm, is the private residence of the Swedish royal family.
• Moderna Museet — is a state museum for modern and contemporary art and design, located on the island of Skeppsholmen in central Stockholm, opened in 1958.
• Fotografiska — is an international museum network that presents photography and art. Founded in 2010 in Stockholm, Fotografiska has locations in Stockholm, Tallinn, Berlin, and Shanghai. The museum presents a rotating program of temporary exhibitions by both established and emergin
• Storkyrkan — , also called Stockholms domkyrka and Sankt Nikolai kyrka, is the oldest church in Stockholm. Storkyrkan lies in the centre of Stockholm in Gamla stan, between Stockholm Palace and Stortorget, the old main square of Stockholm. It was dedicated to Saint Nicholas in 1306
• Nobel Prize Museum — The Nobel Prize Museum is located in the former Stock Exchange Building (Börshuset) on the north side of the square Stortorget in Gamla Stan, the old town in central Stockholm, Sweden. The Nobel Prize Museum showcases information about the Nobel Prize and Nobel laureates, as well as information about the founder of the prize, Alfred Nobel (1833–1896). The museum's permanent display includes many artifacts donated by Nobel Laureates, presented together with personal life stories.
• Nordic Museum — The Nordic Museum (Nordiska museet) on Djurgården is Sweden's largest museum of cultural history, displaying Swedish life from the 16th century to today, with folk art, fashion, furniture, and the iconic wooden Skogskyrka church interior.
• Junibacken — is a children’s attraction, founded by Staffan Götestam, Fredrik Uhrström and Peder Wallenberg. It is situated on the island of Djurgården in Stockholm, Sweden.
• Hallwyl Museum — Hallwyl Museum is a Swedish national museum housed in the historical Hallwyl House in central Stockholm located on 4, Hamngatan facing Berzelii Park. The house once belonged to the Count and Countess von Hallwyl, but was donated to the Swedish state in 1920 to eventually become a museum. In 1938, the museum was officially opened.
• Royal Dramatic Theatre — The Royal Dramatic Theatre is Sweden's national stage for "spoken drama", founded in 1788. Around one thousand shows are put on annually on the theatre's five running stages.
• Millesgarden — Millesgården is an art museum and sculpture garden, located on the island of Lidingö in Stockholm, Sweden. It is located in the grounds of the former home of sculptor Carl Milles (1875–1955) and his wife, the artist Olga Milles (1874–1967). Millesgården consists of three main par
• Tivoli Grona Lund — Gröna Lund, or colloquially Grönan, is an amusement park in Stockholm, Sweden. Located on the seaward side of Djurgården, it is 3.8 ha in size, relatively small compared to other amusement parks, mainly because of its central location, which limits expansion. The park has over 30